> governments

Why the plural? This is something that was very much US made and other countries have no choice but to react. This is not something caused by multiple "upper echelons of governments".

This is something caused by exactly one government - US one. What did you expect, other countries to instantly give up their economy and soverenity the moment Trump said "I hate you and seek to harm you economically"? Especially since he added multiple times "and I want to annex you, take away pieces of your territory" and then added completely baseless accusations as a reason for it?